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J."J. UIN'N.

WASHING-MACHINE.

patente& March 7 1876.

lmQ UB GTQM. EWLJ BS Specification form-ing otletters Be a known] that I,`JO1EN J., QINN, ofthe city and. County 'of Burlin toni and *State ot" New` Jers ey`, have inven'te *a new and useful section thereof in line x w," Eig. 3. Fig. 3 is a i top or plan View thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate -corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in an endless washboard, having an intermittent motion, and 4 constructed to hold the clothes while being washed, the board being formed of slats of rigid materia-l hinged to each other, so as to dispense with bands or belts, form an unyielding surface, .and prevent the opening of the slats when the clothes i' or articles are grasped' or held, the latter feature being insured by the an gular form of the rollers around which the board passes, said rollers also pre- Venting slit of the board.` It also consists in spring-bars for confining the brush or rubber in position, and allowing it t-o conform to inequalities. in the thickness of the clothes or articles to be washed, said bars and the springs therefor being confined in brackets Secured to the tub, said brackets formin g receptacles and supports'for both the bars and springs. also consists in a guide for the endless board. It' also consists in mechanism for conveniently operatin g the movable parts of the machine.

Referrin g to the drawings, A represen'ts the tub or box within which are mounted angular rollers B B, around which passes an endless wash-board, G, which consists of a series of flted or corrugated slats, a, which are hinged to each other on their under side, so that when they reach the rollers B they will open, as shown at b b. The shaft of one roller carries a 'ratchet-wheel, d, which receive/s intermittent motion by means of a pawl, e, connected to a pinion, f, on the driVing-shaft E, which is TatentNo. 1 .43&measmmhziee application filed v 3 -f"V i r i 'iiounted 'on the tub` A, and is formed with cranksg ,to which are jointed pitmenF, which are attached to thehcad of a. brush, -G,r, whose rubbing-ace, consisting of bristles, sweeps over the wash-board O. To the innersid'es ot' the tub A there areiconnected .brackets h, within which are fitted bars H, which extend` g horizontally and` longitudinally and rest on the head of the brush. Pieces of rubber or v springs k are interposed between the. bars and upper portions of the brackets and bear against said bars, so that the brush will be' held to its work, and permitted to rise and fall, due to inequalities in the thickness of the clothesor articles to be washed.

When the crank-shaft E'is operated, in the present case a handled gear-wheel, m, is employed therefor, reciprocating motion is imparted to the brush G, and, by means of th pawl e and ratchet d, internittent motion s .imparted to the endless wash-board G. The

article to be washed,'at a proper portion of its length or width, will be inserted in one of the spaces I betwee the slats a, so that when, by the 'movement o the board G, the slats close, the article will be grasped thereby, and

thus passed under the rubber G, where it is subjected to a scrubbing action, there being no danger of release from the board. The scrnbbing or 'washing is thorough, and continues until the article passes from under the rubber or brush, and when it reaches a position over the roller toward which it is movin g the slats open, therehy permittng'the article' .to fall into the tub.

It will he seen that the slats a are formed of rigid material, hin ged to each other, so that when the article to be .washed. is grasped or seized by the closing slats, it will be held most tightly, and without danger of release, until it has fully cleared the brush or rubber. The bars H confine the brush or rubber in position,

and, owing to the springs k, the brush may rise and fall, due to inequalitiesin the' thickness of the articles to be washed. The embracing-plates D guide the board O, and thus preventing the latter moving irregularly, rubbing laterally, or binding with the tub. v The crank-shaft carrying the pawl e comnunicates power directly to' the ratchet-wheel d. The an gular form of the rollers B prevents-slipping 2 174,&38

of' the endless boardC. "Thebaekwardnove- V `nnt of the ratchet d, and consequently of the edless board G, is 'preveted by a stop-pewl,

n, suit-ably applied. r

I an aware that an endless board has been constructed of sla't-s attaehed to &belt or band. In my invention the slats are formed of rigid material hinged to each other, thus servi'ug to dispense with beltsad bands,"forinin'g an unyieldi g surface, so that all pa'ts of the Clothes are subjected to the brush or roller, and 'pre- Venting give of the, board, whereby, when the Clothes are grasped between the siats,in-

opportue opening thereof does not oceur, since said sia ts do not yield at any point. The

angular form of.the rollers 'also assist in pre ventig opening of the;slats,-anda1so prevent slip of the board.

'Having thus described my invention, What 'I claim as new,`and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi i 1. The endless wash-board C, eonsisting of a series of sla-ts, a, hinged to each other, and formed of rigid material, whereby bands or belts are dispensed with, d the board has pose set forth.

4. The main shaft E, formed with eranks g, and errying the pinion f, in eombinatiou with the pitmen F, pawl e, and with the r'ubber G, and endless board C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. r

5. The endlesswasl-board 0,' formed of a.

'series of siatsfa, hinged toceach oth`er,`and

constructed of rigid material, and the angular rollers B, in eombination with the rubber-G, bars H, and sprngs k, 'substautially as and for the purpose set forth.

` JOHN J. QUINN. Witnessesu- V JOHN A; WIEDERSHEIM, EDW. LEE. 

